Experience: Served for 1 1/2 years as an Associate in Michigan; Have served as Sr. Pastor in my present location for 34 years.

Best advice given to me about preaching: Preach the Word.

Books that have had an impact: Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul; Living Above the Level of Mediocrity by Charles Swindoll;

Hobbies: I love to read and to write. I have seven books out: Faith Lessons: Lessons in faith from Genesis; Finding Your Way Through the Fog; Joy: Finding it, Keeping it; Difficult People; Songs of the Heart; Christian Handbook or Surviving Divorce; Meeting with God.

Newest Sermons

Contributed on Jul 8, 2015

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Beatitudes 5-7 Mercy, Purity, Peacemaker

This morning we continue our study of the Sermon on the Mount by looking at the last part of the Beatitudes that shows us what happens when a person comes into a relationship with Jesus Christ.
A true believer is not simply a person who walks an aisle, says a prayer and then checks off the box
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Contributed on Jul 8, 2015

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Beatitudes 2-4

The Bible proclaims a value system that is contrary to that of the world. John Stott the late Pastor and commentator titled his book on the Sermon on the Mount “Christian Counter Culture.” It is an apt title. This is most evident in the introduction of the sermon called the Beatitudes.
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Contributed on Jul 8, 2015

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Matthew 5:1-3. The background of the Sermon on the Mount and the 1st Beatitude: "Blessed are the Poor in Spirit"

Hopefully at some point during the past week (maybe even just this morning), you saw the title of this morning’s sermon. Some of you may have heard that my sermon title was “The Best Sermon Ever” and concluded that I had become a little full of myself. Let me be clear, I’m
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Contributed on Aug 11, 2014

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Words matter. Proverbs gives us some advice on how to speak well.

One of the most difficult things to do in life is to control what you say. We do a good job for a while but then in one weak moment and we can do irreparable damage. Words hurt and heal, they go deep into our hearts and minds. The old saying is not true that “sticks and stones can break our
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Contributed on Aug 11, 2014

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We live in a materialistic world. How do we find contentment in a world designed to breed discontent?

We live in a materialistic society. Everywhere you turn there are people telling you what you need or what you can buy to make you “happy”. It may be a new form of exercise (with three easy payments), a way to cook food that will be more beneficial to your health (more easy payments), a
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Contributed on Oct 18, 2000

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John White,
Have you ever gone fishing in a polluted river and hauled out an old shoe, a tea kettle, or a rusty can? I get a similar sort of catch if I cast as a bait the word holiness into the murky depths of my mind. To my dismay I come up with such associations as:
thinness
hollow-eyed
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Contributed on Oct 18, 2000

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R.C. Sproul tells us
transcendence means literally, "to climb across." It is defined as "exceeding the usual limits." When we speak of the transcendence of God we are talking about that sense in which God is above and beyond us. He is higher than the world. He has absolute power over the world.
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Contributed on Oct 18, 2000

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James Boice says, "God’s self-existence means that he is not answerable to us or to anybody. Although He sometimes explains things to us, he does not have to and often he does not. God does not have to
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Contributed on Oct 18, 2000

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Listen to St. Augustine’s declaration about God,
You are ever active, yet always at rest. You gather all things to yourself, though you suffer no need. . . . You grieve for wrong, but suffer no pain. You can be angry and yet serene. Your works are varied, but your purpose is one and the same. .
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